Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue (SOLVED)

[Rick Quatro]

My solution was to help Alison set up a custom "Last" master page and apply
it to the last even page in the document. She has her documents to always
have an even number of master pages, so this will be applied to page 2 or 4,
depending on the size of the document.

Rick Quatro
Carmen Publishing Inc.
r...@frameexpert.com
585-366-4017



-Original Message-
From: Framers
[mailto:framers-bounces+rick=rickquatro@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf
Of Craig, Alison
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 3:04 PM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue (SOLVED)

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.

Rick Quatro set up a quick meeting with me and helped me create a simple
solution - many thanks to him!

Alison Craig
Technical Documentation Specialist
BK Ultrasound | acr...@bkultrasound.com |
bkultrasound.com

From: Framers
[mailto:framers-bounces+acraig=bkultrasound@lists.frameusers.com] On
Behalf Of Gutierrez, Anita
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 8:30 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue

Ant, I believe Allison was asking how to force a graphic to appear on the
last page--not how to create a master page.

Allison, one way to do this would be to use the master page maps:

1. Create a master page called "Last Page," using Ant's instructions below.
Include the graphics you want to appear on the last page.
2. Delete the last-page graphics from "Left" Master Page.
3. Create a paragraph tag such as "Last."
4. Select View > Reference Pages and scroll to the MasterPageMaps page.
5. Add a new row for the table.
6. For the Paragraph Tag Name, enter "Last."
7. For the next 2 columns (Right-Handed and Left-Handed Master Pages), enter
"Last Page." Tip: if your Right and Left master pages differ and you want to
preserve this, create two master pages:
"Last Left Page" and "Last Right Page." Give them each a row in the
MasterPageMaps table.) 8. Save.
9. Return to the body page view in the document. At the end, add an empty
paragraph with the "Last" tag.
10. Select Format > Page Layout > Apply Master pages (Alt + O + L + M--good
one to memorize. :) ) You should see the graphics on the last page and none
others.

Hope this helps!
Anita

-Original Message-
From: Ant Davey [mailto:a...@ant-davey.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:45 AM
To: John Sgammato
; Craig,
Alison 
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue

Only jumping in ahead of John because I'm in a different time zone...

Open your Release Notes base document.

In Menu bar, select Format > Page Layout > New Master page.

In the dialog box, give your new master page a name. FM will tell you it has
been created.

In Menu bar, select View > Master Pages

Find the view of your new master page.

To delete any unwanted text frames, place cursor on edge of bounding box so
that a type cursor appears.

Press CTRL and left click. Frame will show as active with black squares on
corners and middle of edges. Press Delete key.

To change size, shape, and position of other text frame, make it active,
then with cursor inside the frame, left click and select Object properties.

In the dialog box, select Dimensions. Make changes in the new dialog box.

To add graphics at the bottom of the page:

In Menu bar, select File > Import > File

Browse for (correctly sized) logo file, click enter, select resolution radio
button and click Set button.

With the image active, right click and select Object properties to set its
offset position at the bottom of the page.

Repeat for second logo.

Save.

[I usually add a graphics frame to my master pages, and place the imported
image file inside that. But that's because I sometimes need to put different
images in the same place for different documents.]

I do hope this is what you needed...

Best regards,

Ant

On 26 November 2016 at 01:01 "Craig, Alison"
 wrote:
This template will be used for every release so a Master Page is the
preferred way to go.
As file is likely to have edits right up until the last moment and the
graphic is actually 2 graphics, dealing with it at the end of the process
would a royal pain.
So, how do I go about having a "last page" master page?
Alison
From: John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com]
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 4:33 PM
To: Craig, Alison
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue If I understand correctly, this is
not a job for a master page, unless you create a special Master Page Last.
You want the image to appear on the last page, which in this case is a left
page.
But if you use master page = Left, then it will also appear on p2.
So you need either a custom Master Page for Last with the image, or else
don't use a master page for this image. 

Re: [Framers] xref from FM file created by DITA-FMx to unstructured Frame?

[Lin Sims]

No. I'm not sure I've ever even heard of that, or at least not enough to
connect it to Excel spreadsheets. I'll look into it, but we do have a
pretty good automation in place now.

No, our previous process was to take a very large and annoyingly formatted
set of spreadsheets used by the designers/engineers, convert it to Word to
break up the individual tables, and then copying and pasting those tables
over into Frame, then using Rick Quattro's TableCleaner to fix the
formatting for the initial version, then updating later versions by using a
utility that diffed two versions of the designer/engineer spreadsheets and
making changes manually.

As you can imagine, this was subject to error.

One day I was complaining about this to one of my tech writer coworkers,
who proceeded to write me a ruby script that took the old spreadsheets and
converted them into something I could use. It was on the quick and dirty
side, there was still a fair bit of reformatting involved and I still had
to make the manual updates, but it was a massive time saver (I went from
2-3 days' worth of work to about 10 minutes in the conversion alone.)

More recently, one of our full-time perl scripters was asked to write a set
of scripts that convert an Excel spreadsheet in a corporate-standard format
to a number of different outputs for the engineers and, for the writers,
XML files and a ditamap that, with Scott's product, becomes a very nicely
formatted chapter with tables and things. Since I use the script every time
the source file is updated, the information in my document is always an
exact match for the source.

At any rate, as I think I said in an earlier email, it turns out all I need
to remember is to be working on the server in the actual structured
environment and it works. Just using the structured interface on my local
install doesn't, and that's where I went wrong.



On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 2:33 PM, Robert Lauriston 
wrote:

> This sounds like a job for FrameMaker's database publishing feature.
> Or was that your previous process?
>
> On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Lin Sims  wrote:
> > Oh, it's worse than that. The XML files that generate the FM file via
> > DITA-FMx are regenerated every time there's a change in the source
> document
> > for them, because the XML files are created from a perl script that takes
> > apart an Excel file to create individual XML files for each row in the
> > Excel file. I already have an xref going from a standard FM file to a
> > location in the generated FM file that has to be replaced.
> >
> > And believe it or not, this is actually a VAST improvement on our
> previous
> > process, which involved me checking thousands of rows individually for
> > changes so I could update a standard FM file, which was prone to a lot of
> > errors.
>



-- 
Lin Sims
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Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue (SOLVED)

[Craig, Alison]

Thanks for everyone's suggestions.

Rick Quatro set up a quick meeting with me and helped me create a simple 
solution - many thanks to him!

Alison Craig
Technical Documentation Specialist
BK Ultrasound | acr...@bkultrasound.com | 
bkultrasound.com

From: Framers 
[mailto:framers-bounces+acraig=bkultrasound@lists.frameusers.com] On Behalf 
Of Gutierrez, Anita
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2016 8:30 AM
To: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue

Ant, I believe Allison was asking how to force a graphic to appear on the last 
page--not how to create a master page.

Allison, one way to do this would be to use the master page maps:

1. Create a master page called "Last Page," using Ant's instructions below. 
Include the graphics you want to appear on the last page.
2. Delete the last-page graphics from "Left" Master Page.
3. Create a paragraph tag such as "Last."
4. Select View > Reference Pages and scroll to the MasterPageMaps page.
5. Add a new row for the table.
6. For the Paragraph Tag Name, enter "Last."
7. For the next 2 columns (Right-Handed and Left-Handed Master Pages), enter 
"Last Page." Tip: if your Right and Left master pages differ and
you want to preserve this, create two master pages:
"Last Left Page" and "Last Right Page." Give them
each a row in the MasterPageMaps table.)
8. Save.
9. Return to the body page view in the document. At the end, add an empty 
paragraph with the "Last" tag.
10. Select Format > Page Layout > Apply Master pages (Alt + O + L + M--good one 
to memorize. :) ) You should see the graphics on the last page and none others.

Hope this helps!
Anita

-Original Message-
From: Ant Davey [mailto:a...@ant-davey.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:45 AM
To: John Sgammato 
; Craig, Alison 

Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue

Only jumping in ahead of John because I'm in a different time zone...

Open your Release Notes base document.

In Menu bar, select Format > Page Layout > New Master page.

In the dialog box, give your new master page a name. FM will tell you
it has been created.

In Menu bar, select View > Master Pages

Find the view of your new master page.

To delete any unwanted text frames, place cursor on edge of bounding
box so that a type cursor appears.

Press CTRL and left click. Frame will show as active with black
squares on corners and middle of edges. Press Delete key.

To change size, shape, and position of other text frame, make it
active, then with cursor inside the frame, left click and select Object
properties.

In the dialog box, select Dimensions. Make changes in the new dialog
box.

To add graphics at the bottom of the page:

In Menu bar, select File > Import > File

Browse for (correctly sized) logo file, click enter, select resolution
radio button and click Set button.

With the image active, right click and select Object properties to set
its offset position at the bottom of the page.

Repeat for second logo.

Save.

[I usually add a graphics frame to my master pages, and place the
imported image file inside that. But that's because I sometimes need
to put different images in the same place for different documents.]

I do hope this is what you needed...

Best regards,

Ant

On 26 November 2016 at 01:01 "Craig, Alison"
 wrote:
This template will be used for every release so a Master Page is the
preferred way to go.
As file is likely to have edits right up until the last moment and
the graphic is actually 2 graphics, dealing with it at the end of
the process would a royal pain.
So, how do I go about having a "last page" master page?
Alison
From: John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com]
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 4:33 PM
To: Craig, Alison
Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue
If I understand correctly, this is not a job for a master page,
unless you create a special Master Page Last.
You want the image to appear on the last page, which in this case is
a left page.
But if you use master page = Left, then it will also appear on p2.
So you need either a custom Master Page for Last with the image, or
else don't use a master page for this image. Simply add it to the
last page when everything else is in order.
On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Craig, Alison
mailto:acr...@bkultrasound.com>>
 wrote:
- Windows 7 64 bit
- Frame 12
I have a Master Page problem that I'm not sure how to fix (I really
hate Master Pages!)
99% of the time my Release Notes are only 2 pages, max. This is not
one of those times.
Page 1 is easy to set up properly, but it's the last page I'm having
problems with as I have a particular graphic that needs to go at the
bottom of the page.

Re: [Framers] xref from FM file created by DITA-FMx to unstructured Frame?

[Robert Lauriston]

This sounds like a job for FrameMaker's database publishing feature.
Or was that your previous process?

On Mon, Nov 28, 2016 at 5:18 AM, Lin Sims  wrote:
> Oh, it's worse than that. The XML files that generate the FM file via
> DITA-FMx are regenerated every time there's a change in the source document
> for them, because the XML files are created from a perl script that takes
> apart an Excel file to create individual XML files for each row in the
> Excel file. I already have an xref going from a standard FM file to a
> location in the generated FM file that has to be replaced.
>
> And believe it or not, this is actually a VAST improvement on our previous
> process, which involved me checking thousands of rows individually for
> changes so I could update a standard FM file, which was prone to a lot of
> errors.
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Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue

[Gutierrez, Anita]

Ant, I believe Allison was asking how to force a graphic to appear on the last 
page--not how to create a master page.

Allison, one way to do this would be to use the master page maps:

1.  Create a master page called "Last Page," using Ant's instructions below.  
Include the graphics you want to appear on the last page.
2.  Delete the last-page graphics from "Left" Master Page.
3.  Create a paragraph tag such as "Last."
4.  Select View > Reference Pages and scroll to the MasterPageMaps page.
5.  Add a new row for the table.
6.  For the Paragraph Tag Name, enter "Last."
7.  For the next 2 columns (Right-Handed and Left-Handed Master Pages), enter 
"Last Page." Tip: if your Right and Left master pages differ and
you want to preserve this, create two master pages:
"Last Left Page" and "Last Right Page." Give them
each a row in the MasterPageMaps table.)
8.  Save.
9.  Return to the body page view in the document. At the end, add an empty 
paragraph with the "Last" tag.
10. Select Format > Page Layout > Apply Master pages (Alt + O + L + M--good one 
to memorize. :) ) You should see the graphics on the last page and none others.

Hope this helps!
Anita

-Original Message-
From: Ant Davey [mailto:a...@ant-davey.com]
Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2016 12:45 AM
To: John Sgammato ; Craig, Alison 

Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue

   Only jumping in ahead of John because I'm in a different time zone...

   Open your Release Notes base document.

   In Menu bar, select Format > Page Layout > New Master page.

   In the dialog box, give your new master page a name.  FM will tell you
   it has been created.

   In Menu bar, select View > Master Pages

   Find the view of your new master page.

   To delete any unwanted text frames, place cursor on edge of bounding
   box so that a type cursor appears.

   Press CTRL and left click.  Frame will show as active with black
   squares on corners and middle of edges.  Press Delete key.

   To change size, shape, and position of other text frame, make it
   active, then with cursor inside the frame, left click and select Object
   properties.

   In the dialog box, select Dimensions.  Make changes in the new dialog
   box.

   To add graphics at the bottom of the page:

   In Menu bar, select File > Import > File

   Browse for (correctly sized) logo file, click enter, select resolution
   radio button and click Set button.

   With the image active, right click and select Object properties to set
   its offset position at the bottom of the page.

   Repeat for second logo.

   Save.

   [I usually add a graphics frame to my master pages, and place the
   imported image file inside that.  But that's because I sometimes need
   to put different images in the same place for different documents.]

   I do hope this is what you needed...

   Best regards,

   Ant

 On 26 November 2016 at 01:01 "Craig, Alison"
  wrote:
 This template will be used for every release so a Master Page is the
 preferred way to go.
 As file is likely to have edits right up until the last moment and
 the graphic is actually 2 graphics, dealing with it at the end of
 the process would a royal pain.
 So, how do I go about having a "last page" master page?
 Alison
 From: John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com]
 Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 4:33 PM
 To: Craig, Alison
 Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
 Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue
 If I understand correctly, this is not a job for a master page,
 unless you create a special Master Page Last.
 You want the image to appear on the last page, which in this case is
 a left page.
 But if you use master page = Left, then it will also appear on p2.
 So you need either a custom Master Page for Last with the image, or
 else don't use a master page for this image. Simply add it to the
 last page when everything else is in order.
 On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Craig, Alison
 mailto:acr...@bkultrasound.com>> wrote:
 - Windows 7 64 bit
 - Frame 12
 I have a Master Page problem that I'm not sure how to fix (I really
 hate Master Pages!)
 99% of the time my Release Notes are only 2 pages, max. This is not
 one of those times.
 Page 1 is easy to set up properly, but it's the last page I'm having
 problems with as I have a particular graphic that needs to go at the
 bottom of the page.
 Currently, when I go to Master Page view, there are 3 pages:
 * First (3 of 3)
 * Right (2 of 3)
 * Left (1 of 3)
 [cid:image002.jpg@01D24738.F4DE0F60]
 Ordinarily, I just use the first 2 pages so the graphic is on page
 Left (1 of 3) then make sure I delete the last (empty) page before
 creating the PDF.
 I have moved the graphic onto Right (2 of 3) but that doesn't work
 as it shows up on page 3 not page 4 of the finished document.
 How do I get

Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue

[Lin Sims]

You can also set up a paragraph tag that can trigger use of the LastPage
master page by creating a table on a reference page.

If you're using Frame2015, search for "Assign a master page to pages with
specified paragraph tags" in the help. My company uses this to create a
back cover and it's very handy.


On Sat, Nov 26, 2016 at 3:44 AM, Ant Davey  wrote:

>Only jumping in ahead of John because I'm in a different time zone...
>
>Open your Release Notes base document.
>
>In Menu bar, select Format > Page Layout > New Master page.
>
>In the dialog box, give your new master page a name.  FM will tell you
>it has been created.
>
>In Menu bar, select View > Master Pages
>
>Find the view of your new master page.
>
>To delete any unwanted text frames, place cursor on edge of bounding
>box so that a type cursor appears.
>
>Press CTRL and left click.  Frame will show as active with black
>squares on corners and middle of edges.  Press Delete key.
>
>To change size, shape, and position of other text frame, make it
>active, then with cursor inside the frame, left click and select Object
>properties.
>
>In the dialog box, select Dimensions.  Make changes in the new dialog
>box.
>
>To add graphics at the bottom of the page:
>
>In Menu bar, select File > Import > File
>
>Browse for (correctly sized) logo file, click enter, select resolution
>radio button and click Set button.
>
>With the image active, right click and select Object properties to set
>its offset position at the bottom of the page.
>
>Repeat for second logo.
>
>Save.
>
>[I usually add a graphics frame to my master pages, and place the
>imported image file inside that.  But that's because I sometimes need
>to put different images in the same place for different documents.]
>
>I do hope this is what you needed...
>
>Best regards,
>
>Ant
>
>  On 26 November 2016 at 01:01 "Craig, Alison"
>   wrote:
>  This template will be used for every release so a Master Page is the
>  preferred way to go.
>  As file is likely to have edits right up until the last moment and
>  the graphic is actually 2 graphics, dealing with it at the end of
>  the process would a royal pain.
>  So, how do I go about having a "last page" master page?
>  Alison
>  From: John Sgammato [mailto:john.sgamm...@actifio.com]
>  Sent: Friday, November 25, 2016 4:33 PM
>  To: Craig, Alison
>  Cc: framers@lists.frameusers.com
>  Subject: Re: [Framers] Master Page Issue
>  If I understand correctly, this is not a job for a master page,
>  unless you create a special Master Page Last.
>  You want the image to appear on the last page, which in this case is
>  a left page.
>  But if you use master page = Left, then it will also appear on p2.
>  So you need either a custom Master Page for Last with the image, or
>  else don't use a master page for this image. Simply add it to the
>  last page when everything else is in order.
>  On Fri, Nov 25, 2016 at 7:28 PM, Craig, Alison
>  mailto:acr...@bkultrasound.com>> wrote:
>  - Windows 7 64 bit
>  - Frame 12
>  I have a Master Page problem that I'm not sure how to fix (I really
>  hate Master Pages!)
>  99% of the time my Release Notes are only 2 pages, max. This is not
>  one of those times.
>  Page 1 is easy to set up properly, but it's the last page I'm having
>  problems with as I have a particular graphic that needs to go at the
>  bottom of the page.
>  Currently, when I go to Master Page view, there are 3 pages:
>  * First (3 of 3)
>  * Right (2 of 3)
>  * Left (1 of 3)
>  [cid:image002.jpg@01D24738.F4DE0F60]
>  Ordinarily, I just use the first 2 pages so the graphic is on page
>  Left (1 of 3) then make sure I delete the last (empty) page before
>  creating the PDF.
>  I have moved the graphic onto Right (2 of 3) but that doesn't work
>  as it shows up on page 3 not page 4 of the finished document.
>  How do I get the graphic to show up on the last page (I want an even
>  number of pages).
>  Alison Craig
>  Technical Documentation Specialist
>  BK Ultrasound |
>  acr...@bkultrasound.com  g...@bkultrasound.com> |
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Re: [Framers] xref from FM file created by DITA-FMx to unstructured Frame?

[Lin Sims]

Oh, it's worse than that. The XML files that generate the FM file via
DITA-FMx are regenerated every time there's a change in the source document
for them, because the XML files are created from a perl script that takes
apart an Excel file to create individual XML files for each row in the
Excel file. I already have an xref going from a standard FM file to a
location in the generated FM file that has to be replaced.

And believe it or not, this is actually a VAST improvement on our previous
process, which involved me checking thousands of rows individually for
changes so I could update a standard FM file, which was prone to a lot of
errors.

On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Scott Prentice  wrote:

> Okay. So you're working in structured FM files (pseudo-DITA) generated
> from an FMx book-build. And you're adding a "link" to an unstructured FM
> file that's been added to the generated book? I think I get it now.
>
> In this case, adding an fm-xref won't likely work (might, but I've never
> tried what you're doing, and modifying generated files is typically not a
> great idea since the edits are lost the next time you generate from DITA).
> What you've got now are two FM files .. just insert a "Cross-Reference"
> (regular FM type .. forget that this was DITA and is structured), and see
> what happens.
>
> Technically, the fm-xref is an FM Cross-Reference object, so that might
> actually work, but if not, just resort to good old FM techniques.
>
> ...scott
>
>
> On 11/22/16 1:41 PM, Lin Sims wrote:
>
> Some of the files are FM generated from XML using your plugin. Others are
> FM created in Frame. The ones generated from .XML have elements, the others
> don't. Both sets are edited with FM set to the structured INTERFACE, but
> only the Frame on the server is in a structured environment. Which is where
> I made my mistake, since I was trying to use the FM instance on my laptop
> that is not in a structured environment. If I work in the structured
> environment, I can insert an fm-xref from the used-to-be-XML files to the
> always-have-been-FM files.
>
> Sorry for being unclear (before and possibly now). The last two weeks or
> so have been stressful and tiring, and I'm not communicating as well as I'd
> like to be.
>
> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:35 PM, Scott Prentice 
> wrote:
>
>> Ah .. so aren't they "DITA" files rather than FM files? If they are DITA
>> files and are in the same ditamap which is built into the same book then
>> PDF .. then yes, just insert a fm-xref, select the target DITA file, then
>> select the target element, and you should be good to go!
>>
>> But this doesn't work with FM files and especially with unstructured FM
>> files.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> ...scott
>>
>>
>> On 11/22/16 1:29 PM, Lin Sims wrote:
>>
>> Oh, dear. I think I've misled you.
>>
>> Both FM files are in the same book, which is turned into a single PDF
>> file. Everything is internal to that PDF file. I have done it before, I'd
>> simply forgotten I had to do this down on the server.
>>
>> It's been a stressful couple of weeks, and my brain went to la-la land.
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 4:05 PM, Scott Prentice 
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Linking an xref (of fm-xref) to a target in a FM file will never result
>>> in the link going to a PDF file that's generated from that FM file. The
>>> only way for an xref to link to a PDF is to use an external xref, and set
>>> the @href attribute to the file name of the target PDF file (assuming the
>>> target PDF is in the same folder as the PDF that you're linking from). Even
>>> then I'm not sure it'll work, but in theory it should. If you want to link
>>> to a target within a PDF, you'll need to add the necessary coding to the
>>> @href attribute that will make that happen. Off hand I'm not sure what that
>>> coding is, but in theory it's possible .. I think.
>>>
>>> The problem with linking to the source FM file, is that it won't know
>>> what the yet-to-be-created PDF file name is, and that's really what you
>>> need .. the PDF links to a PDF, not to a FM file.
>>>
>>> To create an external xref, insert an "xref" (not an fm-xref), and
>>> choose the "External" button from that dialog. This will let you specify
>>> the href (either a path/filename or a URL to the PDF file), the link text,
>>> and the scope (choose "external"). This should set the @format attribute to
>>> "pdf".
>>>
>>> When you generate the book (and then the PDF) from the ditamap, if the
>>> resulting PDF is placed in the same folder as the linked PDF, the link in
>>> the "DITA" PDF should open the target "FM" PDF. Be sure to select the
>>> "Convert xrefs to Hyperlinks" in the Book Build Options dialog when
>>> generating the book from the ditamap in FMx.
>>>
>>> I hope that helps.
>>>
>>> ...scott
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 11/22/16 12:15 PM, Lin Sims wrote:
>>>
>>> I don't care if it works in Frame, as long as it works in the PDF!
>>>
>>> And I suspect part of the problem is, as I said, because I was not
>>> working in the fully stru